OXNARD – A stretch of south Oxnard Boulevard was closed for hours Sunday morning as authorities investigated the spill of a potentially hazardous liquid.

The spill was reported around 4:17 a.m. where the road intersects with Statham Boulevard. The site is in an industrial area generally south of Wooley Road, where Oxnard Boulevard cuts diagonally southeast.

Oxnard police and fire officials initially shut the road in both directions as they investigated what they believed may have been a pesticide spill.